St. Nicholas Cemetery, gateway, walls and gates
St. Nicholas Cemetery, gateway, walls and gates
HER Number
8686
District
Newcastle
Site Name
St. Nicholas Cemetery, gateway, walls and gates
Place
Fenham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Gate piers, gateway, walls and gates of cemetery. Dated 1857 above pedestrian
entrance. Sandstone ashlar piers, snecked sandstone walls with ashlar coping; wrought
iron gates. Vehicle entrance piers flanked by quadrant wall at left containing
pedestrian entrance; serpentine wall at right. Gothic style. 2 tall octagonal piers
have 4 gabled side buttresses with cusped panels; steeply-sloped overlapping coping
with top quatrefoil band; large seahorse finials support shields facing across gate,
that at left: with low relief of ship wrecked on rocks, that at right with low relief
of ship in full sail. Shouldered head to gateway at left has carved flowers in
spandrels and date panel above under raised brattished panel. Walls have steeply-
sloped overlapping coping continuous with that of piers. Gothic arcaded gates with
fleur-de-lis finials. LISTED GRADE 2
entrance. Sandstone ashlar piers, snecked sandstone walls with ashlar coping; wrought
iron gates. Vehicle entrance piers flanked by quadrant wall at left containing
pedestrian entrance; serpentine wall at right. Gothic style. 2 tall octagonal piers
have 4 gabled side buttresses with cusped panels; steeply-sloped overlapping coping
with top quatrefoil band; large seahorse finials support shields facing across gate,
that at left: with low relief of ship wrecked on rocks, that at right with low relief
of ship in full sail. Shouldered head to gateway at left has carved flowers in
spandrels and date panel above under raised brattished panel. Walls have steeply-
sloped overlapping coping continuous with that of piers. Gothic arcaded gates with
fleur-de-lis finials. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
422760
Northing
564930
Grid Reference
NZ422760564930
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/610; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 517; AAG Archaeology, 2013, St. Nicholas Cemetery, Studely Terrace, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Buildings Recording